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...ernal sponge filter. I have lot of fish (guppy, neon, otto and corry's). The problem that I have (except algae) is that on all leaves of plants (cryptocornes, anubias and other small plants) there is ...
... know if you have those all the way over there but anyway i wanted to update my tank a bit so i bought 3 algae eaters and some Zebra danio, leopard danio, and gold zebras. I havnt really got confi...
Hiya Everyone! I'm new to the site - Discovered it when looking for a resolution to a brown algae problem in my Marine Aquarium - Anyway my name is Jenn I live near Bristol England (though I'm Amer
please help my tank is driving me mad ! i bought it in december and stocked it in january , we have strugled with amonia due to over feeding which is now under control i have a 100 ltr tank and upgrad
...ter, I will most likley get another one in the near future. Anyhow my question is this, I have a chinese algae eater and a flying fox in the same tank and they have been for at least a year. I've been...
B) Hey guys i have 3 orange slim algae eaters (if that helps i have no idea what there real name is) they are coldwater fish and i was just wondering is there any thing i can do to make them breed or
Hi, I have an issue with my 55 gallon regarding brown algae. I know it is not unusual, but I cannot seem to get rid of it. Also, I have reason to believe that despite the tank being set up for severa
...50lbs of rock and some local sea water, set it out on my back patio so that the sunlight would start the algae growth on it own. I would then drop in a pump so to circulate the water 24/7. I would t...
I have recently won a battle with a terrible purple cyanoslime and I believe my hair algae is beaten almost to the breaking point (thanks in part to this site for both of those little triumphs). But n
... in the Northern Ireland or UK got any of this for sale or give away. I want to use it in the sump as an algae scrubber ( or something like that). TIA...
I have two overflows in my oceanic 175 gallon bowfront. They aren't covered from the light so green algae, hair, I think, grows in them in the water flow down the sides. Can this be considered an alge
I have lots of green hair-like algae growing on my live rock. Is there an easy way to physically remove this algae?
...a half of water. In the DSB are a few bits of live rock (some with polyps) and four mangroves and some algae growing over the sand. The sump is lit. About a month ago I noticed a six lined wrasse ...
What is this? http://home.austin.rr.com/salahiandson/whoami1.jpg Plant? Algae? Animal? It just poped out of my live rock and has been growing. I notice a couple more sprouts nearby. Is this somethin
I was thinking of adding 5 lbs of live rock, some macro algae and a light to my sump. I plan on taking the bios balls out slowly over the next month, does anyone see a issue with this. The persoon at
...r your help. P.S. are these the same as sea hare's? My lfs ALWAYS has those, but he says they eat hair algae... he had a really cool looking 'Pink sea hare' the last time I was in....
... this, besides water changes we were told to take out the bio-balls from our sump and in their place put algae (not sure what type it is), some more live sand, and place a 24/7 bright light next to th...
Is there any danger in using steel wool (without any other substances) to clean the calcified algae that is tough to remove? TIA, Richard Periut
...t least six to eight inches long and he's sooooooooooooooooo cool how much do i feed them i have those algae pellets i just wonder how many to give him? and how often?...
... both use for shelter. Another surprise for biologists was a colony of rhodoliths, a coral-like marine algae, found in Prince William Sound in Alaska. The hard, red plants, which resemble toy jacks,...
I will taking my tank down for two reason. 1. I have green hairy algae all over the rocks. 2. My home has to be treated for termites. So I am going to save all the corals and clean the algae off the r
...hs old (a new 180 being converted from my 35) and I imagine that the nutrients are being supplied to the Algae from a small cycle. The lighting on the new 180 is from 3 X 400W 6500K Iw's. My LFS sug...
... but I am assuming that is an iron depletion. Just added some, see if that helps. the big thing is the algae that has grown on the tank, it is not like any algae I have seen. it is almost like cap...
Can anyone give me a hint on how to remove or where to go to find information on Black Hair Algae. I thought there was something on the board recently but it's not here anymore. So I searched the usua
...a product is reef safe or not? From the excess of phosphates, im getting a light brown-green tint hair algae which almost looks like fuzz rather then hair and its kinda stringy in some places. After...
...re likelyhood of your corals suffering. I believe that a soft coral tank will always have some degree of algae development but using the proper algae removers (tangs, etc) will keep maintenance to a m...
I'm relatively new to salt tanks, today I was at the local Store and saw a guy buying Micro algae. to me it looked like a broccoli stalk. When I asked him what was he explained that it helps control a
I'm looking for a magnet that can remove that stubborn crusty algae from 3/8' thick acrylic AND that can be left in the tank. There are $8 magnets and $80 ones. As they say 'you get what you pay for'
...nce those are any use at all in a nano reef? I tried some 'daylight' ones before and my (calurp) macro algae seemed to love it off. What about corals? Otherwise I'm going to try and overdrive my N...
...ce on how to successfully clean the front of a bow front tank. My tank is going through a period of high algae growth for some reason and the simple sponge with rubber edge scraper I have is really no...
...nough. :-) Here's what I have so far: 45 lbs of Fiji live rock Almost totally covered with coralline algae now. 2 peppermint shrimp 1 small serpent star 5 margarita snails 2 big turbo snails 9 red...
... missing a shrimp too). So now I have an automatic feeder that gives them a pinch of flake formula two ( algae) in the am, and their 1/2 to 3/4 cube at night. One of the shrimp has molted 3 times, a...
...ich is a bit high but I have heard that higher alk is good for raising calc and for increasing corraline algae growth. Right now my salinity is around 1.021, and I am raising it by using 1.025 saltwat...
...ouple of the corals... Anyone have any thoughts on this product or any other ideas in getting rid of the algae? TIA Regards, Mark PS - If I do use the Poly-Ox, would I need to turn off the UV filt...
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